IRELAND RETAIN THE SENIOR WOMEN'S TITLE ON A COUNTBACK AFTER A 4-4 DRAW WITH ENGLAND

    Team captain Terry Sextion and ILGU president Mary McKenna (right) with the winning Ireland
           team and the Sue Johnston Trophy at Llandudno (Maesdu) Golf Club.



Ireland won the Senior Women's Home Internationals title at LLandudno (Maesdu) Golf Club, North Wales for the second year in a row - but only after a games-won countback with English.
 The last-day title decider between the two teams with 100 per cent records, defending champions Ireland (also the European Senior Champions) and England, drew 4-4.
England won the last two singles to finish to level the scoreline but it was all to no avail before Irelands superior games won advantage (1 1/2pt better than England after two days) meant that a draw would be enough for skipper Terry Sextons team to retain the Sue Johnson Trophy.

Ireland led 4-1 at one stage of the singles so, at that point, the Irish were entitled to start singing in the rain which came on a lunchtime and stayed on through the remainder of the day.
Ireland had the MVP of the tournament - senior rookie Laura Webb, Irish women's amateur champion in 1994 - with six wins out of six. She was closed followed by team-mate Carol Wickham who won five out of five.
Wales beat Scotland 6-2 to finish third with the Scots relegated to last place in the table. The positions were reversed 12 months ago at Elie, Fife.
Scotland lost the morning foursomes - to Wales - by a 3-0 margin for the third day in a row
In the singles, Scotland scored their first two wins of the three-day tournament.
Sheena Wood becamethe first Scotland player to score a game win over the three days. Mary Smith from Tain followed the Aberdonian's example.

DAY 3 RESULTS

SCOTLAND 2, WALES 6

Foursomes: 0-3

F De Vries and S Wood lost to A Lewis and J Rees 6 and 5.

L Bennett and M Smith lost to J Doleman and P Fernon 1 hole.

A Glennie and A Bartlett lost to D Richards and V Thomas 3 and 3.

Singles: 2-3

Glennie lost to Rees 3 and 2.

Wood bt Doleman 3 and 2.

M Hughes lost to Thomas 3 and 2.

Smith bt Richards 2 and 1.

Bennett lost to Lewis 3 and 2.

IRELAND 4, ENGLAND 4

Foursomes: 2-1

S McElroy and C Wiockham bt J Melville and C Quinn 2 and 1.

S Corcoran and L Webb bt C Berry and A Mayne 2 and 1.

H Jones and P Doran lost to S Dye and C Rawthore 3 and 1

Singles: 3-3

McElroy lost to Dye 1 hole.

Wickham bt Quinn 7 and 5.

Doran lost to Rawthore 1 hole.

G McMullen lost to K Russell 3 and 2.

Webb bt Berry 5 and 4.

  Senior rookie Laura Webb of Ireland ... Tournament MVP with six wins out of six.

HOW THEY FINISHED

1 Ireland 2 1/2 pt (18 games won, six lost)

2 England 2 1/2 pt (16 1/2 games won, seven and a half lost)

3 Wales 1pt.

4 Scotland  0pt

TOP INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS

 Ireland 

Laura Webb won 6 out of 6

Carol Wickham won 5 out of 5

England

Sue Dye won 5 out of 5

Amanda Mayne won 4 out of 5

Wales

Ann Lewis won 4 out of 5

 Vicki Thomas won 3 out of 4

Scotland

Sheena Wood won 1 1/2 out of 6

Mary Smith won 1 out of 6

NEXT YEAR'S SENIOR WOMEN'S HOME INTERNATIONALS

WILL BE PLAYED AT HUDDERSFIELD GOLF CLUB,

YORKSHIRE